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Web design trends have an inclination towards evolving, maturing and improving. Of course, developers do not stay still; they are constantly coming up with brand-new approaches and inventive tricks. However there are always techniques that fall into the category of ‘Everything new is well forgotten old’ that thanks to vivid imagination, huge experience, and the fresh sight of creative folks, get uplifted and adapted to modern realities. One of the great examples of such a case is the use of patterns, one of the most common tools that has been overlooked for some time. Recently we have witnessed a rebirth of it.

In the era of flat style, material design, open spaces and getting rid of everything unnecessary and lavishly decorated, design patterns in their original form have become quite obsolete. Nevertheless, due to some improvements and advancements they have managed to stand up to the competition.

Today they offer artists some interesting, inventive and ingenious implementations, like generative patterns, animated patterns and so on. We have split this topic into 2 articles to embrace various case studies. In this article, we are going to take a look at some fresh techniques – generative patterns and data-inspired patterns that are slowly but surely conquering the web, making it more sophisticated, dynamic and engaging.

Data Patterns and Generative Patterns in Web Design

Data Patterns

Double Pi

Double Pi features one of the most popular and trendy approaches to dynamic design patterns used these days – a utilization of responsive particle animation that follows the mouse cursor. Huge open space and lack of decoration make this solution an eye catcher.

Seeing Data

Seeing Data reflects an idea of the website from the first seconds through working several static data patterns into the main background. They perfectly complement the design and reinforce the theme.

Nathan Riley

Nathan Riley has a first-rate online portfolio that welcomes the online audience with an exquisite front page design. Dynamic data-inspired pattern enhances the backdrop, heightens the first impression and adds to the general atmosphere.

Microwave Fest

Not only does Microwave Fest leverage an interesting and unique typography but it also makes its landing page data-intensive with the help of a pattern. The latter certainly strikes the eye.

Ecessa

Ecessa has a distinctive and serious atmosphere that contributes to the concept. Dark bluish coloring with red used as an accent color and some data patterns used for several section backdrops recreate a powerful general feeling.

NewsTech

NewsTech, as you would expect, has a strong high-tech vibe that instantly grabs the whole attention. The homepage is a masterpiece that is enriched with infographics-style components and ghost buttons. Each detail ideally blends with the environment and the concept.

Uber Brand

Uber Brand has a fancy dynamic background that has charm. Not only does it elegantly highlight the body content but it also recreates a pretty strong first impression that is so necessary for winning over potential clients.

History of Innovations

History of Innovations offers a memorable storytelling experience that familiarizes users with the history of innovations in a pleasant way. Complementary data-inspired animations that enhance the homepage strengthen the overall effect.

Inome

Inome tries to visually support its slogan through incorporating a quite inventive, eye-catching and dynamic data-inspired pattern into the background. The idea certainly works here.

Aspire One

Aspire One has a clean and subtle front page that, thanks to the generous amount of white space and streamline navigation, makes the logotype a focal point as well as provides users with a breath of fresh air. The top of the page is marked by a vigilantly crafted data pattern that fits here like a glove, adding its unique zest.

Generative Patterns

JJ

JJ boasts a matchless personal portfolio that has lots of interest to marvel at. The landing page strongly relies on a cosmic vibe produced by a generative pattern that goes perfectly well with a huge isometric ‘J’, neon supplementary coloring and subtle iconography. This stylish top-notch design powered by trendy techniques proves that this Poland-based web developer is a real pro.

Petar Stojakovic

Petar Stojakovic is another master of his craft who is perfectly aware of all modern trends and brand-new solutions. His online portfolio is packed with some features that are a la mode. Here a generative pattern enriches the front page indicating the high level of artist’s skills.

Berengere Audo

Berengere Audo’s personal portfolio is another representative example of a contemporary website that owes its mind-blowing appearance to a generative pattern. As befits, it has a lovely yet slightly brutal geometric nature that ideally complements the polygonal 3d-dimensional ‘B’. It follows the actions of the user, gently forcing him/her to delve into the project.

Wine Explorer

Wine Explorer by Brancott Estate has a marvelous website design that gets the most out of various artistic tricks. There is a chalkboard textured backdrop bolstered by a fancy generative pattern, grungy iconography, chalk style graphics, and last but not least dynamic typography. The latter is certainly a centerpiece here since with its animation routine it adds playfulness and dynamics.

Blackpen

Blackpen leverages a series of simple yet eye-catching generative patterns that spin the website creatively as well as add piquancy to the slider. The artist opts for basic geometric shapes such as triangles, circles, lines and stripes that add a touch of beautiful simplicity.

Unimersiv

Unimersiv has a powerful high-tech vibe and businesslike appeal that perfectly contribute to the concept. A refined polygonal background made in a gorgeous bluish coloring in tandem with a generative pattern enrich the design aesthetics, improve the overall impression and make the website stand out from the crowd.

So Interactive

So Interactive skillfully utilizes generative patterns as a decor that take up a narrow row or column of the page. The front page also charms with an interesting color combination and photo manipulations that evoke some mixed yet powerful feelings.

Estrada

Estrada goes for some smooth and pastel generative patterns that set the rhythm of the project. Each pattern consists of creatively crafted numbers that reflect a decade in music through a particular style: there are soft retro 60s, vibrant disco 70s, techno 90s, and some others.

4:20 avec Dead Obies

4:20 avec Dead Obies features a whole range of generative patterns that diversify the look of almost each section of the website. Such a solution adds motion to the project as well as charges it with energy and makes it definitely excel from others.

Giant Steps Media

Conclusion

Generative patterns along with data-inspired patterns recreate a distinctive sense of high-tech, modernity, and stylishness. Also, some of them add elegant motion and subtle energy to the design, but there are some that convey the idea of the project right away, making it more straightforward and interesting to the simple user.

Developers produce code that should work in every browser, every operating system and every device specified in the performance and compliance goals for a site or application. No matter how much effort we put into testing our work, clients will likely find something that doesn’t work: no matter how talented your development team is, bugs are inevitable, and everyone has to deal with them on a regular basis

Filing a bug report isn’t usually a fun experience, but a well-written bug report will make life easier for everyone involved.

Bug Reporting

Software bugs cost $ 312 billion per year

An application’s life cycle is divided into five stages: requirements, design, development, testing, and deployment. And at each of those stages there is a good possibility a bug will be introduced.

As a project grows, it inherently becomes more complex, increasing the odds that bugs will be created. In turn, bugs and their patches are some of the biggest contributors to the complexity of a project.

Luckily, bugs can be fixed. But to do that, you need to have a good bug report. A bug report should allow the developer to locate the cause of the bug and make the appropriate changes.

Software errors come in all shapes and sizes and different levels of severity. The development team judges the severity of the bug on the basis of the bug report and decides whether the bug requires immediate fixing or not.

How to write the perfect bug report

In order to ensure bugs are reported in a timely manner and in a way that corrective actions can be taken, it’s very important that a report provides as much information as possible and is documented correctly.

If they receive a good bug report, your team doesn’t have to spend time figuring out what went wrong. So what should be in a good bug report?

Quite a bit, actually. There are many issues in software development, and it can be very difficult to even recreate a bug. So, the idea is to capture as many details as you can in your report.

Title or a description of what happened

“There was an issue!”

Great, but there’s no way anyone can solve anything using just that information. What you need is a description of what happened: the more the detailed the better.

In the best case, the user received an error message. That provides a decent starting point. In the worst case, there was no signal other than things didn’t happen as they were supposed to.

Page where the user is

Something went wrong, but odds are, you’re not talking about a landing page.

You’re probably working with a complex online application that has a huge number of pages or configurations. In this instance, you need to know where it was that the bug occurred. What was the user trying to do and what did he access?

Preferably, if you have different versions of your web-app you’d also like to know what version the user is talking about.

How bad is it?

Not all bugs are created equal and they should be handled that way as well. Is your bug generating a blue screen? You have a serious issue.

Is the background color in your logo slightly different from the background color of the page? Well, that might not be one of your priorities. Let’s fix the blue screen first.

Keep in mind that this is usually pretty subjective. Nevertheless, the description will help you quite a bit with determining how bad a bug is.

Platform or what are you using to run this on

We all know that Windows isn’t the same as OSX or Android, which in turn are very different from iOS. With browsers, there are many more things to take into consideration. Chrome, Firefox, Safari or Opera, each make a huge difference. Don’t forget about Internet Explorer 😉

If someone is reporting a bug, it might very well be limited to their specific situation. Maybe the user is running an old version of chromium in a Puppy Linux Beta version;This also has an impact on the importance of the bug because it is linked to the potential impact on users.

Can it be reproduced?

When something happened only once, and wasn’t fatal, you might not ever see the issue rise again. That means it’s less important for you to fix.

Without the knowing how the issue happened, the developer has his or her work cut out for them. Where to start? Knowing that if you recreate a certain situation, it will happen again is a great way to get more information and get that bug dealt with.

A developer’s dream bug report

This is the developer’s dream bug report, it’s nice, it’s concise and it has all the information he needs. There is one problem with it though.

Unless the application is still in development, the people that will be creating these reports won’t be technical. In fact, these will be your users. Can they even give you this info?

The disconnect

You probably guessed it. There is just no way that the average user can fill this in, or that he even wants to. The reason your users use your application is precisely because they want to save time. That means that filling out a bug report isn’t on their agenda.

In other words, if you show them all these questions, you will either get a very bad set of answers or just an angry customer. On the other hand, if you don’t fix the issues, they might go to the competition. So, something needs to be done.

The less you ask your customer to do, the better.

Technology to the rescue!

Fortunately there are many lean and easy-to-use bug reporting tools out there.

A bug reporting tool makes reporting as easy as possible for your users and testers. At the same time your developers will be kept happy, since additional and useful information – such as browser version, installed plugins, or more simply operating system are automatically added to every bug report. Yes, automatically.

So there’s no need for your users to fill out a lengthy bug report form. Here are a few bug reporting tools I came across and considered a great fit for the modern way of reporting bugs.

Usersnap

Usersnap is a great and easy-to-use bug reporting tool for every web project. It allows you to annotate browser screens and adds other useful information (such as browser version, installed plugins, etc.) automatically to every bug report.

Usersnap offers browser extensions as well as a simple to embed JavaScript snippet for your web projects. It works great for remote web development & design teams, as well as for agencies managing their client’s web projects.

BugMuncher

BugMuncher is a great and simple to use bug reporting tool. You can install it by using a JavaScript snippet. With further customization features it adapts perfectly to your needs.

BugMuncher works great bug reporting teams and developers in charge of fixing issues and ensuring a bug-free environment.

FogBugz

It allows you to organize issues, bugs and other tasks in the most efficient way and let’s you keep track of your progress. Therefore FogBugz works great for large web development teams or enterprises.

DoneDone

DoneDone is another, yet effective bug reporting tool. Not only bugs can be reported with DoneDone, but also tasks or new ideas can be easily organized.

Similar to Usersnap, DoneDone integrates well with other 3rd party tools, like Basecamp or GitHub.

Conclusion

Bug reporting has gotten much better with it’s latest bug reporting tools. The old days of lengthy bug reports which needed a great amount of time are getting to an end. Lucky us. After using these tools, you’ll definitely fell in love with the concept of in-browser bug reporting.

Reporting bugs and submitting change requests is easier this way, since everything is communicated and organized through a visual interface and the communication is seamless.

By deriving inspiration from different people and different sources, one can learn quite a lot. So whether you are a guru or an aspiring designer, these online resources should inspire you to improve on your craft. Enjoy!

Designspiration works more or less like Pinterest, the only difference is that Designspiration does not have the mason jars and the DIY pallet furniture. It focuses on high quality graphic design. Also see Ffffound.

With Pinterest, the user can create mood boards with ‘pins’ that can be a huge inspiration to anyone. The user can collect & curate whatever it is that they think can influence their design. Be sure to use their search box.

One of the longtime favorites when it comes to enjoying beauty at its finest, in print. Every year the publication publishes six annuals with curated collections made up of some of the best works in the world in the design, photography and advertising.

Are you looking for a great resource for a successful A/B tests? Use this resource to get ideas on the kind of changes that you could make to your website, to generate better results. See more conversion tips here.

MyFonts Rising Stars is a newsletter & archive that showcases their best-selling type families. The web page is ideal for designers who want to stay up to date with some of the latest typeface designs and trends.

Long time followers of Just Creative will know just how passionate I am about logo design, so it comes with great pleasure to interview Bill Gardner, the founder of Logo Lounge and Gardner Design, and most recently, an AIGA ‘Fellow’ award winner.

For those unfamiliar with LogoLounge, it is a logo inspiration book series and the leading online logo inspiration gallery. LogoLounge (Bill) also publishes a well-respected annual logo design trend report that gives a trajectory of where logo design is heading.

I’ve been fortunate enough to have my work featured in 6 of their books, including an in-depth case study, so for me it was a real pleasure to video-chat to Bill to learn about the process of discovering & reporting on the trends, as well as learn how the logos are picked for their best-selling books, and a glimpse inside their design studio in Kansas.

I recorded our informal video chat and have transcribed Bill’s answers into a digestible format below. Enjoy!

The process of discovering logo design trends

Bill has been reporting on logo trends since 2003, so he obviously has a lot of stored knowledge but with that many logos to remember, it’s essential to cover his office walls with all of the past year’s trends so he can easily recall if he has covered something in the past.

Below is his process of discovering the latest logo design trends.

1. Sort through 25,000 submitted logos

Based on his accumulated knowledge and prior reports, Bill chronologically sorts through all 25,000-35,000 submitted logos from the year, and selects certain logos. He doesn’t look for anything in particular, but rather sees if he can “notice any nuances” from the submitted logos, “anything new, different or evolved from the years before”. This part of the process generally “takes a full weekend”.

2. Arrange logos into groups & play match.

After going through the entire year’s worth of logo submissions, Bill sorts through his selected logos, “generally about 2000 of them”, and starts putting them into matching groups.

From here, Bill “starts to play the world’s largest game of match”. He goes through the groups of logos and makes sub groups and then repeats this “until they are all organized and have a rhythm. This generally takes 2 full weeks”.

3. Filter based on relevance & value.

By the end of this process, there are “generally about 100 grouped trends”, however, each year there are only 15 reported trends, so these 100 groups have to be dwindled down to what is “most relevant and most valuable, based on the time that it is being looked at”.

At this point, Bill shares the 100 logo groups with other designers and asks them “what they think” and a discussion is had to filter the groups. Finally, what’s left, are 15 core trend groups that are published in the trends report, and some runner-ups.

Logo Design Trends Trajectory Forecast

“Trend can be such an ugly damned word” states Bill, which is why he always proclaims at the start of his trend reports, that he is “not suggesting that you follow these trends”, he is just reporting what he is seeing out there so that you can use this information to stand on their shoulders and to push the envelope, to evolve designs to a new direction… and start your own trend.

Bill also proclaims: “You can’t start a trend. No body can actually start a trend. The first design that is the foundation for a trend only became a trend because somebody else found value in it, and then emulated it. The designs that emulate a design are what start the trend.”

On this note, “Any designer that says they do not look at other peoples work is pure bullshit. The public is looking and we have to relate to their mindset, so we have to look at each other’s work.”

The ‘Why’ Matters

On the topic of designing, “It’s more important to know how you got there, than to know where you are. It’s not about creating pretty things, it’s about the ‘why’. The meaning. We must be able to communicate what we are creating is for a reason and why it meets business objectives. Why it will make them money.”

Bill continues, “To put trajectory into perspective, if I gave you a map of Australia and there was an individual right in the middle of Australia, and you were asked ‘where are they going to go next’? In reality, they could go any which way, but if you knew where they had been in previous days, such as Perth & Melbourne, you have enough information there to make an educated guess in which way they are going… quite possibly to Sydney. You can see where something is going by having more than one piece of information.”

“So if you take this same idea and apply it to design, you can only look at a design so far, however if you see how it got there, by seeing designs from the years before, then you can project where things will be going in the future, so you can get ahead of everyone else.”

A good example of seeing logo trajectory in action, is the faceted logo trend, which can be traced back to the 2012 design as shown above. This design has evolved into many more faceted spin offs over the years.

The LogoLounge Book Series

Each year, LogoLouge publishes a book showcasing the best 2000 selected logos from the year. I was curious to see how the logos were selected, what role the judges played and how they selected the logos, and the behind the scenes of making the book a continued best-seller.

LogoLounge Origins

“LogoLounge opened in 2001, just after 9/11 so it was an awful time to launch, however, the website and idea was immediately embraced by designers, especially brand name designers who had so much work that had not yet been seen. They uploaded their work and this was the foundation of LogoLounge.”

The book and exposure aside, the main reason for the site was to have a “searchable database of logos for people to use, with filters, to make research easy”.

LogoLounge Book Selection Criteria

“Each year, eight brand-name judges choose all the logos selected in the books. All of the logos are randomly divided between these judges, and using our online platform, every logo is viewed three times and ranked.

Each page has twenty logos on it, with the name of the logo and the industry underneath and that’s all. Every logo is ranked 0 to start with, and then the judge ranks the logo from 0 to 3. Once the judges have gone through everything, and each logo has been ranked three times, all the results are aggregated to find their final score.”

The highest possible score could be 9 (3+3+3). “Generally, there are only a few that ever score a 9… out of 25,000 submissions.”

“Anything that has scored from 4-9 automatically goes into the book, but anything that has scored under 4 is looked at again, and generally half of them are discarded.” Then Bill’s personal selection comes into play.

Time spent on LogoLounge VS other clients

“About a month is spent working on LogoLounge and then more speaking at conferences”. The rest is on Gardner Design, and about 65% of our work is done on rebranding. It’s more challenging, as it forces you think about things objectively”.

On Great Identities

“What really makes a great identity, is not the logo, it’s the way that it is integrated with the other elements that send the message.”

Apart from his daughter, Bill’s favorite project was done for RedGuard, the leader in blast resistant buildings.

Future plans for LogoLounge

As for the future plans for LogoLounge, “We plan to put more focus on the site as books are not the research tool they used to be. We plan to do more speaking and give out more free accounts to design institutions for research and the Logo Creed curriculum.”

General advice for aspiring logo designers

Bill states that he has “never hired anyone based on where they studied, or even if they had a degree. It’s always been their book and their enthusiasm for design. The passion and the people that live for design are the ones that will really push the envelope and create the best work.”

For those interested, you can get a LogoLounge membership for US$ 100 which includes access to all the submitted logos and the possibility of being published in their upcoming book series or trends report.

The color scheme is able to either break or make website design. Paying little attention to this essential constituent can lead to catastrophic results that not only destroy the overall aesthetics but also scare away regular users. So that it should be treated with respect.

One of the solutions for avoiding such fatality is to opt in favor of the limited amount of shades: combinations of 2, 3 maximum 4 tones are preferred. It makes sense since with 2-tone coloring it is quite difficult to go wrong. However, what do you do if your project requires a multicolored scheme? What if website aesthetics depend on a riot of color. Then, there are lots of factors that should be taken into account, and providing online readers with good readability is the number one priority. Mixing 5 or more colors can be tricky, really tricky. What seems to be a balanced look can be easily turned into a mess with only one extra color. Unfortunately, there is no definitive recipe, except for trying to maintain harmony.

Today we are going to explore 20 website designs that have successfully tamed a riot of color. Some examples entirely rely on it; some use it as an instrument for throwing a spotlight on the necessary elements. We hope you will find here some helpful solutions.

Multiply Colors in Web Design

What The Faculty

What The Faculty adapts a digital scrapbooking style that looks a bit messy. Nevertheless, it certainly has a powerful artistic vibe that entices users in. The front page is so rich in visually interesting things that it is quite difficult to leave without paying proper attention to every detail.

Amazed By Science

Amazed By Science is a fully illustrated website where cartoonish theme sets the tone of the project and recreates the overall aesthetics. The project exudes an image of friendliness and amusement thanks to carefully selected bright coloring.

Crayola

With a pretty bold and catchy tagline it is not surprising that the official site of Crayola is literally overfilled with bright shades. Although the page features lots of seemingly incompatible things such as sketches and a glossy 3d figure of a dragon or some skeuomorphic touches and flat style buttons, however it still has a powerful creative endeavor that forces users to move forward.

Petite Jolie

Petite Jolie is based on a well-thought-out grid system that allows getting the most out of vibrant coloring. As a result, the latter not only benefits the project in terms of aesthetics, but also gives the front page a harmonious appearance and an eye-catching zest.

Nestle – Mix The Book

The interest of Mix The Book lies in its lavish illustrations and unusual use of colors that make the project stand out from the crowd. Not only does the solution draw users in but it also offers a unique user experience.

Let’s Make History

Let’s make history is a fantastic website that offers a memorable visual experience due to a professionally executed comic-inspired style. Mind-blowing illustrations in tandem with fantastic coloring establish an atmosphere charged with powerful emotions.

Candyland

Candyland features incredible navigation that owes its amazing appeal to the fully illustrated environment. Cartoonish websites are excellent examples of how to properly handle the mass of colors, not overpower users and separate itself from others.

Mehrdokht Amini

Mehrdokht Amini has a splendid personal website that exhibits a series of illustrations. The page looks extremely artistic as well as having a friendly atmosphere that is so necessary for projects targeted at children. Hand-drawn elements, artistic typography and, of course, a riot of color increase the visual appeal.

Brandca

Unlike the previous example that tries to embrace a chaotic appearance, Brandca, on the contrary, opts in favor of a quite structured and well-balanced look. Here everything seems to be in its rightful place. The key lies in a flat style that keeps everything simple as well as helps the page to achieve a harmonious appearance.

Alex Kratena

Alex Kratena has an aesthetically pleasing without being overwhelming personal portfolio where the lush and vivid video background is the visual driving force. It instantly strikes the eye with its enigmatic appearance, skillfully interacts with white used as a primary color and makes the project excel compared to others.

Vitamin Atlas

Vitamin Atlas pays attention to the idea behind the project, so the front page features not only corresponding illustrations that reinforce the theme but also an appropriate color scheme that finishes off the whole design. Although there are various shades, the general atmosphere is truly serene.

Travel Belize

Here a riot of color is present in spectacular photo shoots that populate the homepage. Being capably bolstered by some lavish hand-drawn illustrations and vibrant complementary panels, they easily whet the users’ appetite for further exploration.

It is Digital

It is Digital skillfully deals with some splashes of bright colors that complement the appearance and add a lovely dynamic touch to images featured on the front page. Moreover, there are several soft and eye-pleasing gradients that naturally highlight such basic components as logotype and selected menu item.

Bolds Creative

Bolds Creative has managed to reflect its name through an extravagant header image background. The page certainly seizes the whole attention. Here graffiti style is particularly strong and used as the main driving force for engaging the users.

De Vlaamse Kust Extra Deluxe

De Vlaamse Kust Extra Deluxe has a fantastic, fully illustrated composition that is planned down to the last detail. It looks so professional and elaborate that you suddenly feel an insatiable desire to thoroughly examine it. Without a riot of color, the composition would certainly lose its charm.

Going the Rainbowroad

Going the Rainbowroad is a small browser game with a bright polygonal environment and a taste of adventure. Rainbow is a key feature that guides you along the whole trip.

10000 ans d’economie

This is another website that unveils history in a unique manner in our collection that prefers to choose energetic coloring in order to enliven and brighten up a boring storytelling. Each period of history is marked with its particular shade that contributes to the design.

Playing Arts

Playing Arts instills a sense of creativity through a splendid and sophisticated layering composition that skillfully illustrates various kinds of art direction. Although red dominates over other colors, it helps to save users from frustrations and adds some consistency to the design.

Perverte

If you want to add a zest to the design through incorporating a riot of color, and managed to keep visitors from feeling overwhelmed, try out a grid system. It will naturally systematize everything and save a website from looking messy. Perverte is a representative example of this trick.

The Family Room

The Family Room incorporates a mass of color in a smart way by using it for several purposes. Thus, the navigation has managed to come to the fore and take its proper place, and at the same time, not stop images from impressing visitors.

Conclusion

Not always does a riot of color accompany fully illustrated projects or enhance a visual storytelling experience; not always does it associate with a chaotic appearance. Sometimes it can be used as an accent or focal point that allows integral elements to not get lost in the composition and take its rightful place.

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The color scheme is able to either break or make website design. Paying little attention to this essential constituent can lead to catastrophic results that not only destroy the overall aesthetics but also scare away regular users. So that it should be treated with respect.

One of the solutions for avoiding such fatality is to opt in favor of the limited amount of shades: combinations of 2, 3 maximum 4 tones are preferred. It makes sense since with 2-tone coloring it is quite difficult to go wrong. However, what do you do if your project requires a multicolored scheme? What if website aesthetics depend on a riot of color. Then, there are lots of factors that should be taken into account, and providing online readers with good readability is the number one priority. Mixing 5 or more colors can be tricky, really tricky. What seems to be a balanced look can be easily turned into a mess with only one extra color. Unfortunately, there is no definitive recipe, except for trying to maintain harmony.

Today we are going to explore 20 website designs that have successfully tamed a riot of color. Some examples entirely rely on it; some use it as an instrument for throwing a spotlight on the necessary elements. We hope you will find here some helpful solutions.

Multiply Colors in Web Design

What The Faculty

What The Faculty adapts a digital scrapbooking style that looks a bit messy. Nevertheless, it certainly has a powerful artistic vibe that entices users in. The front page is so rich in visually interesting things that it is quite difficult to leave without paying proper attention to every detail.

Amazed By Science

Amazed By Science is a fully illustrated website where cartoonish theme sets the tone of the project and recreates the overall aesthetics. The project exudes an image of friendliness and amusement thanks to carefully selected bright coloring.

Crayola

With a pretty bold and catchy tagline it is not surprising that the official site of Crayola is literally overfilled with bright shades. Although the page features lots of seemingly incompatible things such as sketches and a glossy 3d figure of a dragon or some skeuomorphic touches and flat style buttons, however it still has a powerful creative endeavor that forces users to move forward.

Petite Jolie

Petite Jolie is based on a well-thought-out grid system that allows getting the most out of vibrant coloring. As a result, the latter not only benefits the project in terms of aesthetics, but also gives the front page a harmonious appearance and an eye-catching zest.

Nestle – Mix The Book

The interest of Mix The Book lies in its lavish illustrations and unusual use of colors that make the project stand out from the crowd. Not only does the solution draw users in but it also offers a unique user experience.

Let’s Make History

Let’s make history is a fantastic website that offers a memorable visual experience due to a professionally executed comic-inspired style. Mind-blowing illustrations in tandem with fantastic coloring establish an atmosphere charged with powerful emotions.

Candyland

Candyland features incredible navigation that owes its amazing appeal to the fully illustrated environment. Cartoonish websites are excellent examples of how to properly handle the mass of colors, not overpower users and separate itself from others.

Mehrdokht Amini

Mehrdokht Amini has a splendid personal website that exhibits a series of illustrations. The page looks extremely artistic as well as having a friendly atmosphere that is so necessary for projects targeted at children. Hand-drawn elements, artistic typography and, of course, a riot of color increase the visual appeal.

Brandca

Unlike the previous example that tries to embrace a chaotic appearance, Brandca, on the contrary, opts in favor of a quite structured and well-balanced look. Here everything seems to be in its rightful place. The key lies in a flat style that keeps everything simple as well as helps the page to achieve a harmonious appearance.

Alex Kratena

Alex Kratena has an aesthetically pleasing without being overwhelming personal portfolio where the lush and vivid video background is the visual driving force. It instantly strikes the eye with its enigmatic appearance, skillfully interacts with white used as a primary color and makes the project excel compared to others.

Vitamin Atlas

Vitamin Atlas pays attention to the idea behind the project, so the front page features not only corresponding illustrations that reinforce the theme but also an appropriate color scheme that finishes off the whole design. Although there are various shades, the general atmosphere is truly serene.

Travel Belize

Here a riot of color is present in spectacular photo shoots that populate the homepage. Being capably bolstered by some lavish hand-drawn illustrations and vibrant complementary panels, they easily whet the users’ appetite for further exploration.

It is Digital

It is Digital skillfully deals with some splashes of bright colors that complement the appearance and add a lovely dynamic touch to images featured on the front page. Moreover, there are several soft and eye-pleasing gradients that naturally highlight such basic components as logotype and selected menu item.

Bolds Creative

Bolds Creative has managed to reflect its name through an extravagant header image background. The page certainly seizes the whole attention. Here graffiti style is particularly strong and used as the main driving force for engaging the users.

De Vlaamse Kust Extra Deluxe

De Vlaamse Kust Extra Deluxe has a fantastic, fully illustrated composition that is planned down to the last detail. It looks so professional and elaborate that you suddenly feel an insatiable desire to thoroughly examine it. Without a riot of color, the composition would certainly lose its charm.

Going the Rainbowroad

Going the Rainbowroad is a small browser game with a bright polygonal environment and a taste of adventure. Rainbow is a key feature that guides you along the whole trip.

10000 ans d’economie

This is another website that unveils history in a unique manner in our collection that prefers to choose energetic coloring in order to enliven and brighten up a boring storytelling. Each period of history is marked with its particular shade that contributes to the design.

Playing Arts

Playing Arts instills a sense of creativity through a splendid and sophisticated layering composition that skillfully illustrates various kinds of art direction. Although red dominates over other colors, it helps to save users from frustrations and adds some consistency to the design.

Perverte

If you want to add a zest to the design through incorporating a riot of color, and managed to keep visitors from feeling overwhelmed, try out a grid system. It will naturally systematize everything and save a website from looking messy. Perverte is a representative example of this trick.

The Family Room

The Family Room incorporates a mass of color in a smart way by using it for several purposes. Thus, the navigation has managed to come to the fore and take its proper place, and at the same time, not stop images from impressing visitors.

Conclusion

Not always does a riot of color accompany fully illustrated projects or enhance a visual storytelling experience; not always does it associate with a chaotic appearance. Sometimes it can be used as an accent or focal point that allows integral elements to not get lost in the composition and take its rightful place.

The color scheme is able to either break or make website design. Paying little attention to this essential constituent can lead to catastrophic results that not only destroy the overall aesthetics but also scare away regular users. So that it should be treated with respect.

One of the solutions for avoiding such fatality is to opt in favor of the limited amount of shades: combinations of 2, 3 maximum 4 tones are preferred. It makes sense since with 2-tone coloring it is quite difficult to go wrong. However, what do you do if your project requires a multicolored scheme? What if website aesthetics depend on a riot of color. Then, there are lots of factors that should be taken into account, and providing online readers with good readability is the number one priority. Mixing 5 or more colors can be tricky, really tricky. What seems to be a balanced look can be easily turned into a mess with only one extra color. Unfortunately, there is no definitive recipe, except for trying to maintain harmony.

Today we are going to explore 20 website designs that have successfully tamed a riot of color. Some examples entirely rely on it; some use it as an instrument for throwing a spotlight on the necessary elements. We hope you will find here some helpful solutions.

Multiply Colors in Web Design

What The Faculty

What The Faculty adapts a digital scrapbooking style that looks a bit messy. Nevertheless, it certainly has a powerful artistic vibe that entices users in. The front page is so rich in visually interesting things that it is quite difficult to leave without paying proper attention to every detail.

Amazed By Science

Amazed By Science is a fully illustrated website where cartoonish theme sets the tone of the project and recreates the overall aesthetics. The project exudes an image of friendliness and amusement thanks to carefully selected bright coloring.

Crayola

With a pretty bold and catchy tagline it is not surprising that the official site of Crayola is literally overfilled with bright shades. Although the page features lots of seemingly incompatible things such as sketches and a glossy 3d figure of a dragon or some skeuomorphic touches and flat style buttons, however it still has a powerful creative endeavor that forces users to move forward.

Petite Jolie

Petite Jolie is based on a well-thought-out grid system that allows getting the most out of vibrant coloring. As a result, the latter not only benefits the project in terms of aesthetics, but also gives the front page a harmonious appearance and an eye-catching zest.

Nestle – Mix The Book

The interest of Mix The Book lies in its lavish illustrations and unusual use of colors that make the project stand out from the crowd. Not only does the solution draw users in but it also offers a unique user experience.

Let’s Make History

Let’s make history is a fantastic website that offers a memorable visual experience due to a professionally executed comic-inspired style. Mind-blowing illustrations in tandem with fantastic coloring establish an atmosphere charged with powerful emotions.

Candyland

Candyland features incredible navigation that owes its amazing appeal to the fully illustrated environment. Cartoonish websites are excellent examples of how to properly handle the mass of colors, not overpower users and separate itself from others.

Mehrdokht Amini

Mehrdokht Amini has a splendid personal website that exhibits a series of illustrations. The page looks extremely artistic as well as having a friendly atmosphere that is so necessary for projects targeted at children. Hand-drawn elements, artistic typography and, of course, a riot of color increase the visual appeal.

Brandca

Unlike the previous example that tries to embrace a chaotic appearance, Brandca, on the contrary, opts in favor of a quite structured and well-balanced look. Here everything seems to be in its rightful place. The key lies in a flat style that keeps everything simple as well as helps the page to achieve a harmonious appearance.

Alex Kratena

Alex Kratena has an aesthetically pleasing without being overwhelming personal portfolio where the lush and vivid video background is the visual driving force. It instantly strikes the eye with its enigmatic appearance, skillfully interacts with white used as a primary color and makes the project excel compared to others.

Vitamin Atlas

Vitamin Atlas pays attention to the idea behind the project, so the front page features not only corresponding illustrations that reinforce the theme but also an appropriate color scheme that finishes off the whole design. Although there are various shades, the general atmosphere is truly serene.

Travel Belize

Here a riot of color is present in spectacular photo shoots that populate the homepage. Being capably bolstered by some lavish hand-drawn illustrations and vibrant complementary panels, they easily whet the users’ appetite for further exploration.

It is Digital

It is Digital skillfully deals with some splashes of bright colors that complement the appearance and add a lovely dynamic touch to images featured on the front page. Moreover, there are several soft and eye-pleasing gradients that naturally highlight such basic components as logotype and selected menu item.

Bolds Creative

Bolds Creative has managed to reflect its name through an extravagant header image background. The page certainly seizes the whole attention. Here graffiti style is particularly strong and used as the main driving force for engaging the users.

De Vlaamse Kust Extra Deluxe

De Vlaamse Kust Extra Deluxe has a fantastic, fully illustrated composition that is planned down to the last detail. It looks so professional and elaborate that you suddenly feel an insatiable desire to thoroughly examine it. Without a riot of color, the composition would certainly lose its charm.

Going the Rainbowroad

Going the Rainbowroad is a small browser game with a bright polygonal environment and a taste of adventure. Rainbow is a key feature that guides you along the whole trip.

10000 ans d’economie

This is another website that unveils history in a unique manner in our collection that prefers to choose energetic coloring in order to enliven and brighten up a boring storytelling. Each period of history is marked with its particular shade that contributes to the design.

Playing Arts

Playing Arts instills a sense of creativity through a splendid and sophisticated layering composition that skillfully illustrates various kinds of art direction. Although red dominates over other colors, it helps to save users from frustrations and adds some consistency to the design.

Perverte

If you want to add a zest to the design through incorporating a riot of color, and managed to keep visitors from feeling overwhelmed, try out a grid system. It will naturally systematize everything and save a website from looking messy. Perverte is a representative example of this trick.

The Family Room

The Family Room incorporates a mass of color in a smart way by using it for several purposes. Thus, the navigation has managed to come to the fore and take its proper place, and at the same time, not stop images from impressing visitors.

Conclusion

Not always does a riot of color accompany fully illustrated projects or enhance a visual storytelling experience; not always does it associate with a chaotic appearance. Sometimes it can be used as an accent or focal point that allows integral elements to not get lost in the composition and take its rightful place.

The color scheme is able to either break or make website design. Paying little attention to this essential constituent can lead to catastrophic results that not only destroy the overall aesthetics but also scare away regular users. So that it should be treated with respect.

One of the solutions for avoiding such fatality is to opt in favor of the limited amount of shades: combinations of 2, 3 maximum 4 tones are preferred. It makes sense since with 2-tone coloring it is quite difficult to go wrong. However, what do you do if your project requires a multicolored scheme? What if website aesthetics depend on a riot of color. Then, there are lots of factors that should be taken into account, and providing online readers with good readability is the number one priority. Mixing 5 or more colors can be tricky, really tricky. What seems to be a balanced look can be easily turned into a mess with only one extra color. Unfortunately, there is no definitive recipe, except for trying to maintain harmony.

Today we are going to explore 20 website designs that have successfully tamed a riot of color. Some examples entirely rely on it; some use it as an instrument for throwing a spotlight on the necessary elements. We hope you will find here some helpful solutions.

Multiply Colors in Web Design

What The Faculty

What The Faculty adapts a digital scrapbooking style that looks a bit messy. Nevertheless, it certainly has a powerful artistic vibe that entices users in. The front page is so rich in visually interesting things that it is quite difficult to leave without paying proper attention to every detail.

Creating a website is very much like preparing a cake. How you dress it and how it ends up looking can be worlds apart. And we all want our cakes to look pretty and taste amazing, right? If you agree then the key is to pay attention to detail. Here are a few miniscule factors to keep in mind when building your very own website. Or let’s just say this is how you put the dressing on the cake.

How to Achieve Good and Functional Website Design

First Things First: The Header!

The primary point of focus that you must start off with is the way each landing page looks. And how do you come up with the best looking page?

Put up a great header!

Every single website you open is easily identifiable by its header image. This is where your logo goes, along with essential details such as tag lines, service tabs or contact number.

The header from Quintet has one large image that speaks out everything! The company staff, personalization and creativity.

Spark it up with the colour that represents your business and let the user get a true feel for your brand. Continue reading